ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A motorist was killed when he crashed his car after fleeing police in St. Cloud on Monday night.
According to police, an officer on patrol near St. Cloud State University spotted a speeding car at about 10:41 p.m. Monday. The officer’s radar indicated the vehicle was going 62 mph in the posted 30-mph zone.
The officer attempted to initiate a traffic stop but the driver accelerated. As the car reached the west end of the University Avenue bridge, the driver entered the eastbound lane and the officer terminated pursuit. But the car, driven by a 41-year-old St. Cloud man, continued at a high rate of speed and went through the roundabout at Fifth Avenue before colliding with a parked truck and a light pole in the parking lot of an apartment building.
The motorist, who was alone in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene. A 53-year-old St. Cloud man was in the parked truck but wasn’t seriously injured.
Police said the deceased motorist, who wasn’t immediately identified, was driving after a license revocation for reckless operation of a motor vehicle.
The intersection was temporarily closed to allow Xxcel Energy to repair damage to the light pole and power lines.
The pursuit was recorded by both squad and body cameras and the case remains under investigation by St. Cloud police and the Minnesota State Patrol.
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